The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is not an exact science.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.
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A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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